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Ever thought you could run a team better than those rich suits in the NHL front office? Well, here's your chance to prove it! The CDC GM League returns for it's 4th season loaded with features that make this the most interactive, realistic fantasy GMing experience on the internet! From the entry draft to deadline day, build your team as you see fit and try to manage your way to the top of the League, and make a run at the ultimate prize, the coveted CDC Fantasy Cup!!

The name of the game is simple. Build a Stanley Cup winner. As it is a fantasy game, it will be points driven, but like real life, having the most dynamic scorers doesn't mean you'll win. Players will accumulate points throughout the season, and the top 8 teams in each Conference will make the playoffs. Divisions are shown on the map below, and the top team in each division will be seeded first through third, just like the NHL.

2.2 – What Not To Do

Obviously, somebody has to come in last. But that doesn't mean it has to be for lack of trying. Like in the real NHL, a good General Manager is always looking for ways to improve their team. Inactivity might pay off if you're ahead in the standings, or have a good reason to wait. Maybe you're hoping the team will pull out of its slump. Maybe you have key injuries. Any number of things could result in a wait and see approach, and team owners would surely understand. But be careful, if your team is slumping for long periods, and you as GM aren't doing anything to improve the teams fortunes, you may find yourself on the hot seat with the guys upstairs. Spend too long there without some sort of attempt (even failed ones) at improving your team, and the GM might end up getting fired.

Also, remember that a good GM keeps his players competitive, but content. Players that aren't happy with their role on your team (like a 50 goal scorer on the third line, a 18-20 minute defenceman on the bottom pairing, or having two starting goaltenders competing for playing time) may end up asking for a trade. If they aren't dealt within an acceptable period of time (dependent on the player and situation) they may refuse to play until they are moved. Make sure you keep your players happy. Our team of executives have been assigned divisions to keep tabs on rosters to ensure this rule is being followed to the best of our abilities. The list is as follows:

Northwest Division - lethunder

Pacific Division - Mike Vanderhoek

Central Division - greensman

Northeast Division - canuck2xtreme

Atlantic Division - _arby_18

Southeast Division - Squeak

2.3 – Annual Awards

Near the end of the regular season, teams may nominate one of their players for each of the major NHL awards. The league will select the winners and they will be announced upon the conclusion of the regular season. Award winners will earn an extra 50 pool points for their team, and those points will count towards making the playoffs.

2.4 – Playoffs

The top 8 teams from each Conference will make the playoffs, and will be seeded the same as the NHL teams would be (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5). Teams will accumulate points via their players, and at the end of the first round, the teams with the most points in each playoff bracket will advance to the second round, and so on, until a champion is crowned at the conclusion of the playoffs.

Article 3: Roster Limitations

3.1 – Active Roster Guidelines

Each roster will consist of a full 23 player roster. Teams are limited to a maximum of 14 forwards, 8 defencemen or 2 goaltenders on an active roster at any one time. An empty goaltending roster spot cannot be filled by a forward or defenceman. Teams can dress any roster at their discretion, within these guidelines, provided that teams keep their players happy as outlined in Article 2 Section 2. Any roster move must be made in it's own post and clearly phrased. Roster moves that do not follow this format will not be processed.

Teams can request a player be dressed in a different position (i.e: forward playing defence, defenceman playing forward) on an emergency basis, but this will be accepted for no more than a seven day period. In order to do this, you must post a roster move indicating your player is being placed out of position. This roster move must be in it's own post and clearly phrased.

3.2 – Salary Cap

The CDCGML salary cap for the 2013-14 season will be a maximum of $64.3 million and a minimum of $44 million.

3.3 – Minor League System

This is where you can keep your prospects and depth players. These players are in your system but not on your active roster. You can have as many players in your minor system as you have budgeted money for. Some players must clear waivers to be assigned to your minor league system after the season begins as provided in Article 5 Section 3. You can name your minor league team if you like, just submit your proposed location and team name to the league for approval. As long as it's appropriate and not already taken, the league will approve it.

Article 4: Contracts

4.1 – Contracts

In order to be eligible for a teams active or minor league roster, they must be signed to a contract with that club. A team may at no time have any greater than fifty (50) signed players in the organization.

4.2 – Entry Level Contracts

Players that are drafted, or players that haven't previously played in the NHL, will be subject to entry level contract limits. A player signing an entry level deal can only have a maximum base salary of $900,000. Teams can add bonuses and incentives in negotiations as they see fit that would raise the cap hit of the player, but the base salary cannot exceed $900,000.

4.2 - Restricted Free Agents

Players who have played fewer than 7 seasons or are younger than 27 years of age are Restricted Free Agents.

4.2.1 – Qualifying Offers

Teams looking to retain the rights of their pending Restricted Free Agents would need to submit a qualifying offer based on the following scale.

$500,000 - $1.5 million = 110% of previous contract

over $1.5 million - $3 million = 105% of previous contract

over $3 million = 100% of previous contract

Qualifying offers are calculated using a players base salary, not including bonuses. The deadline for submitting qualifying offers is 11:59pm Pacific Time on June 30th of each season. This offer may or may not be accepted, but the player will go to Unrestricted Free Agency if the qualifying offer is not extended before the deadline.

4.2.2 – Offer Sheets

Teams are permitted to extend offer sheets to the RFA players of other teams beginning July 1st. These offer sheets may or may not be signed by the player. If they are signed, the club that holds the players rights has 1 (ONE) week to match the offer sheet. If the team declines to match, they would receive compensation based on the following chart.

$875,000 or less - None

$875,001 - $1,300,000 - 3rd round pick

$1,300,001 - $2,100,000 - 2nd round pick

$2,100,001 - $3,000,000 - 1st and 3rd round pick

$3,000,001 - $4,100,000 - 1st and 2nd round pick

$4,100,001 - $4,750,000 - 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick

$4,750,001 - $5,750,000 - 2 1sts, 2nd and 3rd round pick

$5,750,001 and up - 2 1sts, 2 2nds and 2 3rd round picks

Teams who would present these offer sheets must have their own teams draft picks as compensation before they are able to sign the player to an offer sheet. If a team matches an offer sheet, they CANNOT trade the player for at least one season.

4.2.3 – Arbitration

- Players 23 or 24 years of age as of July 1st are eligible for team elected arbitration.

- Players 25 or 26 years of age as of July 1st are eligible for player elected arbitration.

- A player with arbitration rights cannot be asked by their club to file for arbitration, that decision is at the sole discretion of the player and their agent. Doing so will result in the club losing the player to unrestricted free agency.

- Electing for arbitration removes the possibility for the player to sign offer sheets.

- Teams can have a maximum of one team elected and one player elected arbitration case per season.

- The decision to opt for arbitration must be made before June 22nd of any given season.

- Arbitration cases will be scheduled and held via PM during the month of August.

- Through arbitration, only a 1 year deal will be awarded.

- The arbitrator (canuck2xtreme) will hear both the teams position and the players position via separate PMs, and then will have up to 7 days to make a decision.

- Both the team and the player are required to submit their proposed dollar figure in their statement.

- The arbitrator has the right to award either:

1. The players desired contract proposal,

2. The teams desired contract proposal, or

3. Any dollar figure in between the two figures provided by the team and player.

- If an arbitration award is within $1 million dollars of the teams desired contract proposal, the award is binding.

- If an arbitration award is more than $1 million higher than the teams desired contract proposal, the team has the right to walk away from the arbitration award, making the player an unrestricted free agent. Teams in this situation will NOT receive any compensation.

- All arbitration awards are final. Disrespect towards the arbitration system as a result of an unfavorable decision from either party will result in penalties levied by the league at their discretion. This can include, but is not limited to: cap space penalties, forfeiting of draft picks, loss of future arbitration rights, etc.

4.3 – Unrestricted Free Agents

Players who are 27 years old or have played in 7 NHL seasons are Unrestricted Free Agents. Unrestricted Free Agents who are without a contract are eligible to be signed to a contract by any team beginning on July 1st. No player eligible for the next seasons CDCGML Entry Draft is eligible to be signed as an unrestricted free agent. When signing a new unrestricted free agent to your club, the maximum allowable contract term is 7 years.

4.4 – No Trade/No Movement Clauses

No Trade Clauses or No Movement Clauses will be honoured by the League and agents. Any requests to have a player waive their NTC/NMC must be submitted to canuck2xtreme. If a player demands a trade, the NTC or NMC will be considered waived and the player may be dealt to any team. Players with these clauses will only waive a clause ONCE per season. These clauses will not be waived often. Players who are 26 or under are not eligible for NTC or NMCs.

4.5 – Extensions

Beginning on January 1st of each year, a player whose contract is expiring at the end of the year can be approached regarding signing an extension. Teams are permitted to enter formal negotiations with one player and can inquire about 5 other players regarding their contract desires before the trade deadline. After the trade deadline, teams may open formal negotiations with as many players as they like, but remember only a handful may sign extensions. When negotiating an extension with a player that has played with your club for the entire season, teams may offer up to an 8 year contract term if desired.

4.6 – Buyouts

There are two separate one week buyout periods, one from June 18th-25th and one from Sept.23rd-30th. During these buyout periods, teams can buy players out of their contracts if they so desire. Any teams buying out a contract will incur a cap hit of 33% of the players annual salary for each remaining year of the contract. Players must clear waivers before they can be bought out.

In addition, the new CBA provides for a total of 2 amnesty buyouts for each team that will NOT count against the salary cap. These amnesty buyouts can only be used after the regular season, and can be used after either the 2013 season or the 2013-14 season. A player must clear waivers BEFORE he can be bought out. To buy a player out after they have cleared waivers, PM canuck2xtreme and it will be processed. Amnesty buyouts must be labeled as such or they will be processed as a regular buyout and a cap hit will be incurred by the club.

4.7 – Tampering

Tampering is a serious offense and will be dealt with strictly. Tampering occurs when a team contacts a player under contract to another team before their contract expires, or when a team tries to negotiate a contract for the same player with two separate agents. In these cases, the team will lose the ability to negotiate with the player in question, and further fines/penalties may be handed down at the leagues discretion.

Article 5: Player Movement

5.1 – Trades

You may make an unlimited amount of trades, but both GMs involved in the trade must PM canuck2xtreme. Points are not transferred when a player is traded. For example, if Alex Ovechkin has 38 points for Team A and then is traded to Team B, his point totals remain on Team A. Ovechkin would start on Team B with 0 points. Trades are not official until posted by the League in the thread, and may take up to 48 hours to confirm. All trades are backdated to the day they were submitted to the league and agreed upon by both GMs, so teams will not miss out on any points. Players who are traded must remain at the same league level as they were on their original team at the time of the trade (Active roster to active roster, minors to minors, etc. ) unless they are eligible to be assigned otherwise. Waivers rules apply to players who are subject to waivers before being sent down if teams want to place a player from his original teams active roster in the minors.

If you are trading draft picks, the picks must be tracked and properly labeled. Failing to do so will result in the trade being rejected by the League.

A properly labeled draft pick: TEAM 2011 1st Round Draft Pick

An improperly labeled draft pick: Anything else.

The trade deadline for the 2013 season is April 3, 2013 at 8:00pm Pacific time.

5.2 – Trading Cap Dollars

Teams can retain up to $3 million dollars of a players salary as part of a trade (listed as Future Considerations). Teams are permitted to retain cap dollars for a maximum of 2 seasons (including the current season) of any contract.

- Teams cannot retain more than $4 million dollars in salary total in any given season.

- Teams cannot retain salary on more than 3 players in any given season.

- Teams can have a maximum of 3 players on the roster with reduced contracts.

- The combined amount of salary retained by other teams for players on a teams roster cannot exceed $4 million at any time.

- No player can have his cap hit reduced under $750,000 per season via this method.

5.3 – Injured Reserve

Any team with a player on the NHL injury reserve may put that player on injured reserve starting Oct 1st. Players on injured reserve will not count against your cap but will not earn points. While your player is listed on injured reserve, you may replace him on your active roster with another player, be it a free agent signing or a player brought up from your minor league system. To place a player on injured reserve you must send your request to theminister who will confirm the addition. Approval of your player to injured reserve depends on the players official injury status as well as your clubs budget set out for the medical and training section in accordance with Article 7 Section 2. When you want to activate your player from injured reserve, you must create an available roster spot for that player first.

5.4 – Waivers

To place a player on waivers, you simply post in the thread that you are placing that player on waivers. The waivers placement must be in it's own post and clearly phrased. Waivers assignments that do not follow this format will not be processed and the player will not be on waivers. Players will remain on waivers for 24 hours.

- In order to claim a player, send a PM to canuck2xtreme indicating your desire to claim the player. The claim must be made within the 24 hour window. After the 24 hour period expires, canuck2xtreme will post whether the player has cleared waivers, or if they have been claimed.

- A player that is on waivers will remain in their roster position until either:

The player has cleared waivers and been assigned elsewhere.

The player has been claimed by another team. (Once a player has been claimed, their roster spot will become available for call-ups/replacements etc.)

- Players that are claimed by more than one team will be awarded to the team that is ranked lowest in the overall league standings at that time.

- Unclaimed players can either be placed into your clubs minor league system or back onto the active roster. Your team must designate where your player is to go either at the time of being placed on waivers, or shortly after the 24 hour waiver period has expired. Players claimed on waivers can be assigned to your minor league roster provided it is done within 24 hours of receiving the player, as they have already been on waivers. If they are unassigned for over 24 hours and require waivers to be sent down, the player will have to clear waivers again before they can be sent down.

- Players who are 24 years of age or younger and have played in fewer than 100 NHL games can be sent to your minor league system without being subjected to waivers.

- When a player is claimed, both the team that waived the player and the team receiving the player incur a waivers fee of $50,000 chargeable against the salary cap.

5.5 – Rumour Mill

If you have any rumours regarding trades etc. about your team, you can post about it in the Rumour Mill by sending a PM to canuck2xtreme and indicating who you have available, and possibly what sort of player you hope to get back in return. The information will then be posted in the Rumour Mill post for other GMs to view.

Article 6: Entry Draft

6.1 – Entry Draft Guidelines

The draft will take place on June 20, 2013, beginning at 5:00pm Pacific time.

Teams will have one draft pick for each of the first three rounds. At the conclusion of the playoffs, we will conduct a draft lottery that mirrors that of the NHL, and the rest of the draft order will be determined by regular season standings. Our League will select from the same pool of draft eligible players that the NHL clubs will select from. Players can then be signed (or released) and placed into a teams minor league system. Unsigned prospects will return to the entry draft after 2 years if they remain unsigned. Players from previous draft years who went undrafted in the CDCGML are eligible to be selected provided they are under 21 years of age.

6.2 – Draft Lottery Guidelines

The draft lottery will occur as the NHLs draft lottery does on April 29, 2013.

The 14 teams that miss the playoffs will be eligible to enter the draft lottery. Teams eligible for the draft lottery will be entered into the lottery in a mirror position to the NHL team that finished in the corresponding ranking (e.g. - the team that finishes 30th overall in the CDCGML will be linked to the team that finished 30th overall in the NHL for the draft lottery. The team that wins the draft lottery will have the right to select 1st overall. If a team has traded their draft pick, the team that holds the draft pick will be entered into the draft lottery in the corresponding position as the original team.

Article 7: Front Office

7.1 – Front Office Budgets

Every team is able to set their clubs front office spending. Each team has $35 million dollars to spread around over four different areas, and each department comes with benefits at certain investment thresholds. These budgets can only be set once per season. Once they've been set, they cannot be changed until after the playoffs have ended. The benefits are outlined in the sections below.

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The draft will begin on June 20, 2013 at 5:00pm Pacific time. The guidelines are as follows:

- For the first round, teams will have 5 minutes to make their selection. In the 2nd and 3rd rounds, teams will have 3 minutes to make their selection.

- Please do not post your draft pick until you are called by the commissioner. The time to make your selection begins when your turn is called.

- Trading is permitted during the draft.

- Teams not present during the draft will not be awarded the "best player available". You must be present to make your draft selection, and if you cannot be present, please submit a draft list to canuck2xtreme. If everyone on your list is already gone, you will be passed over.

- Missed draft picks can be made up at the end of the round during the 10 minute intermission between rounds, or after the draft.

Players eligible to be drafted must be 20 years old or younger and not drafted by anyone in our league in previous seasons. Players that weren't drafted in our league in past drafts are eligible to be selected, as are players that were selected but were not signed to entry level deals within the two year period, provided they are 20 years old or younger on draft day.

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Send a PM to canuck2xtreme explaining why you want to join and why you feel you would be a good addition to the game. There is a steep learning curve if you are not familiar with the style of the game, so make sure you read our Collective Bargaining Agreement so you are sure you are willing to commit to the game.

What happens if my team is not over the cap floor or is over the cap ceiling when the season starts?

Teams that have not submitted a cap compliant roster (both active and minors) are not entered into the database to collect points. Any longer than 3 days, and a change in management is likely.

What happens if I make a trade and it puts me over the cap?

Any trade that would put either team over or under the salary cap guidelines set forth above will be rejected by the league and will not be processed. To avoid headaches, simply make sure your trades leave you cap compliant.

What if I get banned from CDC? Can I keep GMing my team via email and instant messenger?

No. This game is based on CDC and therefore getting yourself banned from CDC effectively removes you from the game. We have tried this in the past and it's not a tenable situation.

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Alright guys, I'm sure there's lots I should have added to the new thread and forgot to. So let me know if you notice anything, if it's a rule that needs clarification, a recently added rule I forgot to put into the CBA or another section I forgot. Thanks guys!

Also, I added one question in the FAQ section, but if you have more that should be there, fire away! Thanks